Using home broadband elsewhere over Xmas, or temporary internet solutions

Nelly71 · 10-12-2018 1:06pm #1

Hi all, We have home broadband from Eir but will be staying with my parents-in-law in Tralee for 4 nights over Xmas. They have no broadband. Our kids are getting devices (what else!) for Xmas and it will be a nightmare with no broadband. I have 2 questions:
1) Is there an option to use Eir fibre broadband remotely?
2) Is there a general option for temporary broadband (4 days)?
Nobody is available on Eir chat, I will try them again later but you might have non-Eir suggestions? tia

advertsfox · 10-12-2018 1:19pm

Hey, to answer your questions:

1. Traditionally no as Eir is a fixed line connection but you can connect to other Eir WiFi Hotspots in the area (basically a neighbours router) but that will entirely depend on location / who has Eir - https://www.eir.ie/eirwifi/
2. You can in a sense, you would need to purchase a PAYG hotspot that uses 3G/4G mobile network to create a home WiFI network - again, all depends on signal quality available but most likely the better option - https://www.eir.ie/store/mobile/mobile-broadband/devices/prepay/huawei-e5577-4g-hotspot/
3. Bonus extra - if you have unlimited data on your own phone, you can use the hotspot feature with that to do the same as option 2. but means your phone is limited for the time and it heavily uses your battery.

NOTE: There are tonnes of hotspots options, I would call the parents and ask them to check their mobile signal quality / connection first or see what Eir networks are locally available from their phone / computer.

Nelly71 · 10-12-2018 1:27pm

Thanks for your help, I was just looking at that PAYG hotspot actually, sounds like the best option for us.

advertsfox · 10-12-2018 1:37pm

Nelly71 wrote: »

Thanks for your help, I was just looking at that PAYG hotspot actually, sounds like the best option for us.

It's the most guaranteed method but I would still ask the parents to check their local networks for any Eir WiFi ones just in case (sure its free) - all you have to do is be registered with Eir online and you can connect to it but let it be known that "As an eir WiFi Host, up to 3MB download and 1MB upload bandwidth is available for eir WiFi Guest users. This is the total aggregate allocation of upload and download bandwidth across all eir WiFi Guest customers i.e. not per guest."

uck51js9zml2yt · 10-12-2018 8:20pm

I'm hijacking the thread but can eir WiFi be disabled on a modem?

ED E · 10-12-2018 8:21pm

Lainey Helpful Radiologist wrote: »

I'm hijacking the thread but can eir WiFi be disabled on a modem?

IIRC the system is the same as Virgins, one must give to receive. You can opt out but lose the ability to use others APs.

uck51js9zml2yt · 10-12-2018 8:36pm

ED E wrote: »

IIRC the system is the same as Virgins, one must give to receive. You can opt out but lose the ability to use others APs.

I opted out of virgin when I was with them.chances of being used by passing herds of cows is negligible I think for me now

tsue921i8wljb3 · 10-12-2018 8:37pm

Lainey Helpful Radiologist wrote: »

I'm hijacking the thread but can eir WiFi be disabled on a modem?

Yes. You can disable it through My eir under Menu > More> eir WiFi

You can still be a guest on another connection even if you've disabled your own broadcasting.

Nelly71 · 11-12-2018 5:32pm

advertsfox wrote: »

It's the most guaranteed method but I would still ask the parents to check their local networks for any Eir WiFi ones just in case (sure its free) - all you have to do is be registered with Eir online and you can connect to it but let it be known that "As an eir WiFi Host, up to 3MB download and 1MB upload bandwidth is available for eir WiFi Guest users. This is the total aggregate allocation of upload and download bandwidth across all eir WiFi Guest customers i.e. not per guest."

Thanks for that. Eir_WIFI has always been a mystery to me, as has Eir support. It asks for an "anonymous identity" when you try to connect?

Car99 · 11-12-2018 5:35pm

Sign up to a 3 mobile broadband contract ,including modem ,online Christmas week , cancel the week after making use of the 14 day distance selling cooling off period.

advertsfox · 12-12-2018 10:55am

Nelly71 wrote: »

Thanks for that. Eir_WIFI has always been a mystery to me, as has Eir support. It asks for an "anonymous identity" when you try to connect?

Yes that will be your My Eir details when you register here - https://www.eir.ie/eirwifi/

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